"I have been to Liantai a few days ago, this place is located on the north bank of the water, the southwest side is surrounded by the water, the dense jungle of the river meandering is not conducive to the cavalry raid, if you line up here to meet the enemy, the Yan army is lured into the jungle, then this battle may have a few chances of victory. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" The white fingers moved slowly on the map, outlining the topography of Liantai.

"Liantai?" Ran Min carefully looked at the position Bai Qi was pointing to, and after a moment of silence, he raised his head and asked, "The terrain of Liantai is really as Mr. Gongsun said?" ”

"Yes, Wechen has been to Liantai before, as Mr. Gongsun said." Liu Qun recalled and said, "Although Anxi is also close to the big river, only the castle built by Guan Zhong in the Spring and Autumn Period to deal with the Di people is indeed more beneficial to the cavalry of the Yan army. Listening to his tone, he also seemed to agree with Bai Qi's point of view.

"But whether it is Anxi or Liantai, the city is too small, and I am afraid that it will not be able to provide food and grass for my 10,000 army." Ran Min hesitated, now there is not much food and grass in the Wei army camp, if they rush to Liantai Murong Ke to avoid the battle, there is no good way for them, if they continue to hold each other for a long time, this battle will be defeated after the Wei army runs out of food, "If we can't fight the Yan army as soon as possible, my soldiers may only starve to death; And Zhongshan is the camp of the Yan army, and there must be grain and grass in the city. ”

There was a buzz of discussion in the tent, and Dong Yan, Zhang Wen and the others seemed to be discussing Bai Qi and Ran Min's strategy, which was more beneficial to them; Li You frowned, judging from this short contact, Ran Min seemed to be an extremely impulsive and stubborn person, if he made up his mind to attack Zhongshan directly, then the prospect of this battle would not be good.

"Now there is a shortage of food in the army?" Bai Qi took a deep breath after receiving an affirmative reply and said, "Even so, I thought it would be better to fight a decisive battle in Liantai; I have also seen the large camp of the Yan army before I came, and judging from the amount of smoke rising from the cooking, it seems that it is not enough to feed the 100,000 army, so it can be seen that the grain and grass in the Yan army camp are not abundant. ”

Well? Why didn't I think of this when I was peeking at Murong Ke's camp with Bai Qi? Li You's heart suddenly admired, this is the experience of a hundred battle generals, just relying on the amount of cooking smoke to judge the grain and grass reserves of the Yan army, what a keen observation; Those armies of the Six Nations who died under Bai Qi were really not wronged.

Of course, this method of observation is not necessarily completely credible, in the past, Sun Bin misled Pang Juan by reducing the number of stoves before the Battle of Maling, making him mistakenly think that the army of Qi was timid and cowardly, and the soldiers scattered along the way, and there were not many troops left in the front, so he relaxed his vigilance and abandoned the infantry and light cavalry to pursue, and as a result, he fell into Sun Bin's encirclement and ended up in defeat and death.

Coincidentally, the famous general Yu Xu of the Eastern Han Dynasty also used the change in the number of stoves to achieve success, when the Qiang people invaded Wudu, Yu Xu was ordered to take hundreds of people to Wudu to take over the post of Taishou, and the Qiang people heard the news and gathered thousands of troops to prepare to ambush Yu Xu; After Yu Xu knew about it, he accelerated his march to get rid of the Qiang people, and increased the number of stoves in the camp every day, which made the Qiang people think that there were more and more soldiers under Yu Xu's command, and finally they were too frightened to attack and retreated directly, and Yu Xu was able to enter the Wudu safely to take office.

These are all using the observation power of the enemy general to mislead the opponent to carry out strategic deception, but the current situation is different, Murong Ke is in the base camp, there is no need to use such a trick at all, and he doesn't know that someone will come to investigate; Therefore, the information provided by Bai Qi should be extremely reliable.

During the Sixteen Kingdoms, the northern wars were endless, the farmers were either killed or captured in the army, and the land was extremely abandoned, and it was not easy for the Yan State to support Murong Ke's 100,000 army, so it was reasonable for Murong Ke to also lack food.

"There is a shortage of food in our army, and we want to fight a decisive battle with the Yan army as soon as possible; And the Yan army is also short of food, and it will definitely not hold on to us for a long time. Without waiting for Ran Min and the others to figure out the relationship between the amount of cooking tobacco and the grain and grass reserves, Bai Qi continued, "Therefore, as long as we go north, the Yan army will definitely wait for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with us." ”

"The number of Yan troops far exceeds ours, and Murong Ke is a famous general of the Yan army, so he will definitely not dare to fight." Li You also hurriedly said that if the Wei army fought a decisive battle in Anxi, the chance of defeat was much greater than that of Lian Tai.

"I have always led the army to fight and have always advanced and retreated by me, how can I sit on the platform and wait for Murong Ke to attack?" Who knew that the words of the two of them not only did not convince Ran Min, but instead made him a little tired, he said impatiently, "I have made up my mind, and I will go north to Anxi early tomorrow morning, waiting for an opportunity to attack Zhongshan." ”

"Your Majesty." Li You was not only a little anxious, if he really let Wei Jun rush to Anxi, it would not be easy to return to Liantai in the future, he immediately opened his mouth to persuade him.

"This battle will be in turn." Ran Min didn't have the slightest intention of listening to his defense, directly interrupted his words, rolled up the map and said, "The military discussion has ended, and the two of you have not yet been entertained in our army today, so I will order someone to set up a banquet to entertain the two, let's not get drunk!" ”

"Yes!" Liu Qun, Dong Yan, Zhang Wen and others responded in unison, obviously extremely familiar with Ran Min's style, and immediately put aside Fang Cai's military discussion, and stepped forward to talk to Li You and Bai Qi.

When the soldiers outside the tent heard the summons, they immediately came in to arrange several cases, and after a while, a few jars of wine were sent into the tent, Ran Min laughed and took the wine bowl and drank it all......

During the banquet, Li You tried to find an opportunity to persuade Ran Min to change his strategy of marching into Anxi, and according to what Bai Qi said, he fortified Liantai to lure Murong Ke to come, but every time he was interrupted by Ran Min before he finished speaking.

Early the next morning, the Wei camp became chaotic, and the soldiers were busy packing up their tents, grain and grass, and began to prepare for the camp to go north.

The prospect is not good, Li You frowned and looked at the more than 10,000 soldiers of the Great Wei in front of him, how many people will be lucky to survive this battle? Looking back at Bai Qi, he was calm.

"Wu Anjun, we are about to lose, aren't you in a hurry at all?" Li You couldn't help but ask.

"Although the Wei army is quite unfavorable compared to the Yan army now, it has not reached the point of death, and there is no chance of victory in the future." After Bai Qi finished speaking, he persuaded, "Your Excellency, the general is the courage of the soldiers, and the generals should not change their faces even if Mount Tai collapses in front of them; If the generals show a panicked and anxious look before the battle starts, the soldiers must think that the battle will be defeated, how can they respond to the battle with peace of mind? ”

"I remember." Li You saluted solemnly, he knew that this was the experience that Bai Qi had taught himself as a general, "Thank you Wu Anjun for teaching." (To be continued.) )